Effect of attention switching and trial duration on rate discrimination.

<p>Data for all plots were collapsed across subjects, presentation modality, and spatiotemporal conflict conditions. A: Rate sensitivity in the two attention-switching conditions: trials in same modality condition (stay) versus switching from one modality condition to another (switch). B: The measured point of subjective equality (PSE) for each comparison stimulus duration jitter. Orange line: linear fit to the data. C: Rate sensitivity for long trial durations (100 to 250 ms) versus short trial durations (−100 to −250 ms). Estimating differences in sensitivity requires more trials than differences in PSE, thus the data were split into short and long durations rather than assessed for each duration jitter value. PSE and sigma values are in units of SNR. Error bars: 95% CIs.